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Were dinosaurs part of a pre-Adamic "paradise"?
by M.J. inthe wts seems to affirm a lot that adam's blunder really screwed up the earth, and that the earth was not meant to be this place full of killing, disease, death, pain, etc.. but according to the wts version of the story, did god create the earth with these types of features before adam even came on the scene?
the wts does not deny the existance of dinosaurs, who in their words were created prior to mankind during the 5th or 6th symbolic day-ages.
yet its clear from fossilized remains that dinosaurs killed each other, had a high mortality rate, often died young, suffered from disease such as cancerous tumors: .
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"Bible Teach" book's discouragement of investigating other religions
by M.J. inafter leading the reader through most of the major jw doctrines, the watchtower society's introductory book, what does the bible really teach?, really starts laying out the reasoning that you have to be a jw to be approved by god in chapter 15. it is interesting how the first instruction given here is not to go investigating what other religions teach.
but, as the wts writers often do, they resort to circular reasoning and false analogy to support this:.
*** bh chap.
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Why did vegetarian Abel tend a "flock" on a tropical earth?
by M.J. in.
abel tended a "flock", which could have included sheep, goats, and/or small cattle according to the strongs word usage.. yet people weren't supposed to eat meat until god gave the go-ahead to noah, says the wts.. the earth was totally warm before the flood according to the wts, so tending sheep just for its wool would seem a little pointless.. it seems as if abel would have needed to live off of cain's crops, while he spent all his time hanging out with a pretty much useless flock.
no wonder cain was a bit surly.. what do you think?
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Is there a certain TYPE of person who leaves the org?
by M.J. injust wondering.
do ex-jws generally fit a certain profile?
is it only a matter of time for some types of people to find their way out?.
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Jesus warning in Matt 24:5 reminiscent of WTS
by M.J. inmatthew 24:5, nwt says:.
for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, i am the christ, and will mislead many.. the watchtower society, representative of the "faithful slave class", not only has claimed approval as god's channel, but well after this claimed appointment has freely claimed to be the christ.
the watchtower, august 1, 1944, p. 237:.
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Post your JW demon stories
by M.J. init seems that for jws, the demon thing is one of the few "eyewitness" confirmations of what the wts says.
there seems to be such an atmosphere of confirming testimonials that the jws relate back and forth to each other...but are they factual accounts or simply recycled "urban legends"?.
interestingly, the most dramatic demon stories are nearly always something that happened to someone else.. why is it that jws have seen more "demons" than anyone i've ever known in my life?
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Addicted to judgmentalism
by M.J. inhere's something i got emailed to me from ptm ministries at: http://www.ptm.org/uni/resources/ptmupdate/ptmupdate.htm.
nice writeup by people who have nothing to do with the jws.
addicted to judgmentalism.
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Did you use to shun family members or friends?
by M.J. in.
have you since re-established contact with them?
i wonder if the act of shunning someone you love actually strengthens your resolve that you're following the "right" course.
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27,006 Partakers in 1935 according to 1936 yearbook
by M.J. inhere's a scan of the 1936 yearbook, page 53:.
note under "memorial", 32,795 attended and 27,006 partook.. .
these numbers were faithfully repeated in 1988 by the wt:.
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JWs celebrating their 40th birthday?
by M.J. in.
i heard that its common for jws in a certain congregation to make a big deal when someone turns 40--to the point that they actually throw a party.. is this something that happens out there?.
i just thought it sounded pretty odd.